Jewish TV chef Ed Halmagyi, Sydney bakery vandalised [Video]

A Jewish TV chef’s bakery in inner Sydney has been targeted with antisemitic graffiti.

Ed Halmagyi, better known as “Fast Ed” to many, posted about the incident on social media, saying he also received a threatening note at the Surry Hills business.

“Be careful,” the note read.

Ed Halmagyi said this note was shoved under the door of his Avner’s Bakery in Surry Hills, in Sydney, overnight on Sunday, October 13, 2024. (Ed Halmagyi)

Halmagyi, who sells bagels, matzo balls, babka and many other delicacies from Israel and eastern Europe, called it “Being Jewish in Sydney, 2024 edition”.

“This note was shoved under the door of our bakery overnight,” he said, on Sunday.

“But the fact is, it’s hard to be intimidated by inner-city middle-class Cosplay Radicals who graduated primary school without their pen licence.”

Avner’s owner Ed Halmagyi outside the bakery in April. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos/The Sydney Morning Herald (Dion Georgopoulos)

NSW police are investigating.

In a statement, police said officers visited the …